Local places, plants and invertebrates, occasional ancient coins, some other stuff.

Sunday, 24 January 2016

Non-Moths of 2015 - Flies from Sevenoaks

Unidentified fly in the light trap at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 5 July 2015

I haven't been taking pains with flies, mostly because I know so little about them. Some of my fly photos, inclusing a couple of these, are still unidentified, even this one, though it looks
quite distinctive. If any viewer does know any of these anonymous
flies, please leave a comment!

Unidentified fly in the light trap at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 24 September 2015

Another unidentified specimen, this time perhaps because the photo does not show many helpful features.

Fly, family Anthomyiidae, in the light trap at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 24 December 2015

For some reason, some of the photos taken with my marvellous new camera are still blurred. I have not worked out why. Am I moving the camera relative to the subject, perhaps? These are all taken with a heavy camera held in one hand, holding an egg box in the other, which is not a particularly steady arrangement, so I might try a faster shutter speed.

This and the next fly were identified to family on iSpot, and the final one is one of the few I can identify myself. These last three were all in the light trap on a December day when there were no moths, so they were all I had to photograph!

Lesser Dung Fly, family Sphaeroceridae, in the light trap at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 24 December 2015

Another slightly blurry shot. At least this last one (below) is sharp enough. These Yellow Dung Flies are quite pretty.

Cameras, Photographs

Many of the earlier photos on this blog were taken with a Canon Ixus 100 camera; tiny and really quite good. The coin photos and some earlier closeups were taken with a Canon EOS 450D and a Canon EF 100mm macro lens.

On 30 June 2011 I got an EOS 60D, and closeups after that up to mid-May 2012 were taken with this camera and the 100mm macro lens. Then I got an EOS 5D Mark III, a camera with a full-frame sensor, which was used from mid-May 2012. From January 2013 I started to use an EOS 6D, also full-frame, but lighter and with built-in GPS. By this time I had a new Canon 100mm macro lens with image stabilisation, which is very helpful for my handheld shots. Currently, as from mid-August 2015, I have an EOS 5DS, a wonderful camera.

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